Acquisition
FAA increases satellite coverage
A new agreement with Americom Government Services is part of a contract with Lockheed Martin for enhancing GPS transmission through the Wide Area Augmentation System.
Acquisition
Nadler: Reforming set-asides
Contracting advantages do not prepare Alaska firms for future competition
Acquisition
House scrutinizes Alaskan biz
Members of the House Government Reform Committee are looking into businesses classified as Alaskan Native Corporations.
Acquisition
Aronie: Paying the subcontractors
GSA and DOD apparently disagree about who gets to reap any savings.
Acquisition
GAO upholds COMMITS protest
Government Accountability Office officials ruled that Commerce officials improperly evaluated past performance factors for Mil.
Acquisition
GSA hearing coming
The House Government Reform Committee will hold its first hearing on restructuring the General Services Administration within several weeks, a committee official said.
Acquisition
Small biz gets Alliant slice
The governmentwide acquisition contract will be accompanied by a small-business set-aside contract, officials said.
Acquisition
The voices of industry
The Industry Advisory Council's shared interest groups outline their agendas for the coming year
Acquisition
Subcontracting rule delayed
The regulation that would allow agency officials to consider companies' track records when making source selections needs congressional approval.
Acquisition
Fed Sources tool analyzes task orders
Federal Sources has updated and enhanced a task order analysis tool that allows analysts to research the task orders that agencies issue under governmentwide acquisition contracts.
Acquisition
Kerry seeks SBA audit
Sen. John Kerry wants Small Business Administration officials to examine the systems by which they ensure federal contracts go to small businesses.
Acquisition
HUD splits HITS
The protests are over. Both contractors win, with each getting half of the $800 million contract.
Acquisition
Flyzik: Try it! It might work
Share-in-savings contracts can help further the cause of performance-based contracting.
Acquisition
Drabkin: Share-in-savings is here to stay
Share-in-savings contracts have evolved, and this year, they may be used more widely.
Acquisition
SBA extends comment time for size rule
Comments on proposed rules governing small businesses' size can be submitted until April 3.
Acquisition
The year ahead in business
Companies eye contracting policies, Congress and conversation in 2005
Acquisition
SBA: Large firms credited with small-biz deals
Report shows that $2 billion worth of federal contracts went to companies miscoded as small businesses.
Acquisition
American Indian company grows in the public sector
The small company is one of many competing for the government's information technology business.
Acquisition